Blair Bush Saudis Nixon and Three Days of The Condor

[EVDebs]

Bush looked past Iraq on spread of weapons
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/13/news/weapons.php

"Two months before the invasion of Iraq, President George W. Bush told Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain that he "wanted to go beyond Iraq" in dealing with the spread of illicit weapons, and mentioned Saudi Arabia and Pakistan on a list of countries posing particular problems, according to a note taken by one of Blair's advisers that is cited in a new book.

Bush's comment, in a private telephone conversation on Jan. 30, 2003, could be significant because it appeared to add Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to a list that previously had included public mentions only of Iraq, Iran and North Korea, which the president had dubbed an "axis of evil.""

and

U.S. Mulled Seizing Oil Fields In '73
British Memo Cites Notion of Sending Airborne to Mideast
By Glenn Frankel
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, January 1, 2004; Page A01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A46321-2003Dec31¬Found=true

"The document, titled "Middle East -- Possible Use of Force by the United States," says that if there were deteriorating conditions such as a breakdown of the cease-fire between Arab and Israeli forces following the October 1973 Middle East war or an intensification of the embargo, "we believe the American preference would be for a rapid operation conducted by themselves" to seize the oil fields"

Show that the movie Three Days of The Condor, with the premise of US invading Saudi Arabia to seize the oilfields...well, art imitates life, huh ?

Who determines the 'deteriorating conditions' ? Isn't the War Powers Act of 1973 supposed to be based upon truthful circumstances and situations presented to Congress ? Pretexts aside, the heart of the matter that William Pitt mentioned yesterday is right there...and the media will not touch that with a ten foot pole.

[Missy M]

1. Love the movie and even the end when Redford says he gave the..

story to the NY Times and they would publish it and the CIA agent asks him if he is sure they will!!! The movie was dead on.